Chapter 426: Like Falling into an Ice Cellar

[Remaining Residency Time: One Year]

In the hidden space of the Void Secret Realm, Lin Yuan sat cross-legged on a giant rock, opened his eyes, and glanced at the illusory font in the lower left corner of his vision.

"Going back now."

Lin Yuan thought to himself that his six-hundred-year descent into the Boundless Void was drawing to a close.

Unless Lin Yuan spent another one-third wisp of Boundary-Breaking Source Power, once the residency time ran out, he would automatically return to the Main World.

To Lin Yuan, one-third wisp of Boundary-Breaking Source Power was nothing at all; trading it for six hundred years of quiet Cultivate time was quite worth it.

However——

In the past twenty years, Lin Yuan had already felt the restrictions placed on him by this endless Universe.

Simply put, the efficiency of his comprehension of rules was slowly decreasing.

To describe it in more layman's terms, the Boundless Void had already been hollowed out by Lin Yuan.

Depending on the volume of the world, the profound nature of the rules contained within it also varied.

For example, taking the Time Rule as an example, compared with the Time Rule of the Central Earth World and Spirit Realm that Lin Yuan had previously shuttled through,

the former was countless times more vast than the latter.

Therefore, the upper limit of the Main Universe far exceeded that of the Central Earth World and Spirit Realm.

Because the living beings within the latter world were Innate unable to feel the more complex and profound nature of the rules.

Today, for Lin Yuan, the Boundless Void was much the same principle.

To continue to Cultivate in the Boundless Void, unless he completely gave up rule comprehension, was basically meaningless and would be nothing more than a waste of time.

Even if Lin Yuan could step into the Eleven-Tier or Twelfth Order,

the profound rules he comprehended would probably exceed the Boundless Void.

By then, if Lin Yuan descended upon the Boundless Void again, it would be the Boundless Void wanting to piggyback on Lin Yuan's rule comprehension.

"Perhaps long ago, that Secret Realm pioneer failed to impact the Ultimate, not just because of insufficient Foundation or bad luck, but because of the Boundless Void itself?"

Lin Yuan speculated in his heart that, at least for now, the Boundless Void had never produced a Twelfth Order Ultimate Existence.

The only Secret Realm pioneer who impacted the Twelfth Order ultimately failed, and all traces of his existence were completely erased.

"However, it has no impact on me."

Lin Yuan's expression was calm; if the Boundless Void could no longer let him comprehend rules, he would just return to the Main Universe to do so.

If one day the Main Universe could no longer provide him with rule comprehension, he would use the Gate of Myriad Realms to go to a higher-level dimensional space to comprehend them.

For almost all living beings, their upper limit had long been predetermined by the world, but Lin Yuan was different; he had no so-called upper limit shackles.

"A hundred years of bitter Cultivate, although the speed has decreased in the past twenty years, overall it is still good."

A smile appeared on Lin Yuan's face.

During this hundred years, Lin Yuan placed the vast majority of his energy on rule comprehension, and a small part of his energy was spent tempering this Martial Ancestor Golden Body.

Relying on the resources of the entire Boundless Void, Lin Yuan had already Cultivate the Profound Yellow Body of the Martial Ancestor Golden Body to the Tier 10 Perfection level.

The reason for investing such a huge price in the Martial Ancestor Golden Body was because Lin Yuan had long regarded the Martial Ancestor Golden Body as his resident Physical Body for descending into this Boundless Void.

Although the Boundless Void could not provide Lin Yuan with much help in rule comprehension, Cultivate was not just about rule comprehension.

If Lin Yuan planned to rest in the future and not comprehend any rules, the Boundless Void was a good choice, and with the Martial Ancestor Golden Body present, he could directly take possession of it upon descent, saving a lot of time.

Anyway, Cultivating the Profound Yellow Body of the Martial Ancestor Golden Body to the Perfection level used the resources of the Boundless Void, and didn't require Lin Yuan to spend a single cent of his own.

"Origin Bell." Lin Yuan's mind moved slightly, and a palm-sized golden bell floated before him.

Upon descending into this Boundless Void and taking control of the Martial Ancestor Golden Body, Lin Yuan immediately summoned this weapon that he had been nurturing all the way.

Six hundred years of uninterrupted nurturing, coupled with the continuous provision of massive resources, made the might of the Origin Bell no worse than any Eleven-Tier secret treasure.

If used in Lin Yuan's hands, the might it could unleash was even more immeasurable.

After all, the Origin Bell was nurtured by Lin Yuan from scratch, perfectly fitting with himself, and Lin Yuan could unleash all the might of the Origin Bell with a single thought.

For the same attack, other secret treasures required one hundred percent power to activate, but the Origin Bell only required one percent power.

This was also the reason why Lin Yuan planned to shatter all those exotic items obtained from the Two-Dimensional World and turn them into Primal Power to feed back into the Origin Bell.

As long as the Origin Bell could reach the Twelfth Order, the help to Lin Yuan would be greater than ten other Twelfth Order weapons or dozens of Twelfth Order weapons.

A weapon suitable for oneself was already extremely rare, let alone one as perfectly matched as the Origin Bell?

"Numerous rules."

Lin Yuan's gaze was deep.

This time shuttling, Lin Yuan's biggest harvest was his own mental will.

Before descending, Lin Yuan's mental will was only a few million, but now, the mental will index reached more than thirty-three million and three hundred thousand.

The improvement of mental will was not as simple as a simple multiple; the further along, the more difficult it became.

The threshold for the mental will index of a Supreme Powerhouse was eighteen million points, and the mental will index of Eleven-Tier Perfection legendary lifeforms basically exceeded ten million points.

Could it be that the mental will of a Supreme Powerhouse was only 1.8 times stronger than those Eleven-Tier Perfection legendary lifeforms?

In addition to mental will,

Lin Yuan's greatest improvement was in rule comprehension.

Especially after comprehending the Space-Time Fusion Rule Sixth Stage, in the past nearly a hundred years, comprehending many other Fusion rules made Lin Yuan advance by leaps and bounds.

"Among the many Pillar-level fusion rules, there are eighty-three pillar rules whose comprehension has reached the Sixth Stage."

"They are the Life and Death Reincarnation Rule, Great Destruction Rule, Karma fluctuation rule, Space-Time fission rule, endless stars rule, Space-Time celestial river rule, Void tide rule, Universe fissure rule, Five Elements rotation rule, and space collapse rule respectively."

The Space-Time Fusion Rule Sixth Stage belonged to the Supreme Powerhouse Domain.

The Pillar-level rules below this needed to reach the Seventh Stage to be considered reaching the Ultimate level.

Among the eighty-three Pillar-level fusion rules, although not a single one reached the Supreme Powerhouse Domain, all being at the Sixth Stage Peak, the quantity was large.

Even a Supreme Powerhouse would probably find it very difficult to simultaneously comprehend so many Pillar-level fusion rules and elevate all of them to the Sixth Stage.

A Supreme Powerhouse's time was also time, and Supreme Powerhouses needed to divide more mental energy to comprehend their own path.

In fact, with Lin Yuan's Comprehension Ability, if he specialized in a certain Pillar-level fusion rule, he was fully expected to elevate one or two of them to the Seventh Stage within a hundred years.

But it was of little significance; if he hadn't comprehended the Space-Time Sixth Stage, elevating a certain Pillar-level fusion rule to the Seventh Stage could indeed significantly boost Lin Yuan's strength.

But with the premise of already having the Space-Time Sixth Stage, having an extra Pillar-level fusion rule at the Seventh Stage? Even if it could enhance Lin Yuan's strength, it wouldn't be very significant.

Compared to that, comprehending more Pillar-level fusion rules at the Sixth Stage Peak would be of greater help to Lin Yuan.

And it was also to prepare for comprehending Chaos Rules in the future.

Although he didn't know how to specifically comprehend Chaos Rules, according to the information Lin Yuan currently understood, the more rules comprehended, the better.

Without a sufficient amount of rule comprehension, one could not ultimately condense everything, Returning to the Origin and Source, and transform into Chaos.

In addition to Pillar-level fusion rules, Lin Yuan had comprehended a large number of ordinary Fusion rules, numbering up to hundreds or thousands.

These ordinary Fusion rules were basically not intentionally comprehended by Lin Yuan, but were accidentally realized by drawing inferences from other cases while comprehending other Pillar-level fusion rules.

"Now thinking about it, this Tier 10 of mine, compared to the Tier 10 among all races of the Cosmic Starry Sky."

Lin Yuan shook his head slightly.

The Tier 10 Evolver of Cosmic Human Civilization in the Main Universe, and the Tier 10 Experts in other myriad races, comprehended a Pillar-level fusion rule to become a Class-A Tier 10, and could impact the Eleven-Tier by comprehending this Pillar-level fusion rule to the Second Stage.

But Lin Yuan?

Second Stage? Not to mention the Space-Time Fusion Rule that reached the Sixth Stage, just the Pillar-level fusion rules alone that reached the Sixth Stage numbered eighty-three.

In terms of pure rule comprehension, even those Eleven-Tier Perfection legendary lifeforms couldn't catch up to Lin Yuan even if they rode galloping horses.

"My current strength, compared to a hundred years ago when I had just comprehended the Space-Time Sixth Stage, has improved greatly."

Lin Yuan was in a good mood.

The numerous Pillar-level fusion rules that reached the Sixth Stage Peak cooperated with each other, coupled with the control of the Space-Time Sixth Stage, bursting forth with might that exceeded the might of a single Space-Time Sixth Stage.

After reviewing himself,

Lin Yuan looked towards the Boundless Void at the same time.

With Lin Yuan's current space-time comprehension, by calming his mind slightly, he could feel the mighty and surging 'fluorescent light' transformed by all living beings Cultivating Martial Dao.

Over the past hundred years, the two Primordial Spirits have continuously transported numerous Martial Dao cultivators to other worlds. Now, the number of Martial Dao cultivators in this Boundless Void has already surpassed the Martial Dao Evolvers of the Main Universe.

Lin Yuan thought to himself.

The size of the Main Universe far exceeded the Boundless Void; even the territory of Human Civilization alone far exceeded the Boundless Void.

But now, the entire Boundless Void was under Lin Yuan's rule. After six hundred years of spread and development, the number of Martial Dao cultivators surpassing the Martial Dao Evolvers did not exceed Lin Yuan's expectations.

Within the territory of Human Civilization, countless citizens had many choices, such as the other nine supreme evolutionary pathways, as well as evolutionary pathways that suited them better.

Sometimes, an evolutionary pathway that suited oneself was even more important than a powerful evolutionary pathway.

However, in the Boundless Void, Martial Dao was the one and only, standing supreme. All living beings naturally cultivated Martial Dao if they could, and even if they couldn't, they would still try to Cultivate Martial Dao.

"Unfortunately, the number of high-tier Martial Dao cultivators is small."

Lin Yuan shook his head slightly.

This was also the inevitable situation caused by the rapid development of Martial Dao nowadays.

Any cultivation system required a long time to produce high-tier Experts; Lin Yuan could only let Martial Dao spread wider.

But high-tier Martial Dao cultivators? He couldn't intervene too much unless Lin Yuan himself stopped cultivating and personally appeared to impart the Dao and resolve doubts for those Martial Dao cultivators.

That would be getting the priorities backwards.

At any time, one's own cultivation was the Foundation. As for spreading Martial Dao? Essentially, it was also to enable better cultivation for oneself in the future.

"One year remaining."

Lin Yuan pondered inwardly, thinking about whether there were any matters that he needed to wrap up.

Suddenly.

Right at this moment.

Lin Yuan seemed to sense something. A mighty wave of space-time fluctuation swept across all directions.

"Hm?"

A hint of surprise surfaced on Lin Yuan's expression.

"An Evil God has stepped into the Tenth Stage?"

After sensing it briefly, Lin Yuan knew clearly that the Evil God who had stepped into the Tenth Stage was precisely the Void Son.

The Void Son had been trapped at the Perfection of the Ninth Stage for tens of billions, hundreds of billions of years, always unable to step across that step. Yet not long after Lin Yuan descended, he had broken through.

Lin Yuan speculated that the Void Son's Breakthrough might have some relation to himself. To step past many Bottlenecks and shackles, one needed a transformation in their state of mind.

Deputy Tower Master Nalan of Main Universe Human Civilization was able to break through to the Eleven-Tier also because he lost to Lin Yuan—who was still at Tier 9—in a competition of the Time Rule, which he excelled at most.

"Interesting."

Lin Yuan stood up, took a step, and disappeared on the spot.

Deep within the Void Secret Realm.

The Void Son's aura was terrifying, and space-time fluctuations swept across all directions. Across the entire Boundless Void, all True Lords of Evil Gods who had reached the Ninth Stage sensed it.

"The Tenth Stage!"

"I have finally stepped into the Tenth Stage."

The Void Son's eyes brimmed with tears. He had remained at the Perfection of the Ninth Stage for tens of billions, hundreds of billions of years, always unable to step across that step. Yet not long after Lin Yuan descended, he had broken through.

"I can now also be considered to stand at the highest Peak in the history of the Boundless Void."

The Void Son unrestrainedly emanated a space-time aura, a wild ambition surging in his eyes. "That Martial Ancestor, I no longer need to be overly wary of him."

Having stepped into the Tenth Stage, the Void Son's confidence was fully enhanced. In his view, even if the Martial Ancestor was also a Tenth Stage Evil God, and even stronger than the Tenth Stage Evil Gods he knew of,

because according to the message left by the creator of the Secret Realm, an ordinary Tenth Stage Evil God could not possibly regard the Void Secret Realm as nothing.

But no matter what, he was now at the same height as the Martial Ancestor.

The Void Son had no intention of fighting and contending with the Martial Ancestor. Even Ninth Stage Evil Gods rarely fought each other, let alone those of the Tenth Stage?

Experts were no fools. Having cultivated to this Realm with great difficulty, how could they casually risk their lives with an existence of the same level?

But in terms of status, the Void Son felt he should still strive for it.

At least, the Void Son felt there was no need to grovel as he had before.

Meanwhile.

The space-time fluctuations caused when the Void Son stepped into the Tenth Stage likewise alarmed numerous True Lords of Evil Gods at Perfection.

"Space-time fluctuations? Has another expert stepped into the Tenth Stage?"

"Is it the great Void Son?"

"Has the Void Son broken through to the Tenth Stage?"

After initial incredulity, the True Lords of Evil Gods at Perfection immediately became thrilled.

It was simply that over these past years, these True Lords of Evil Gods at Perfection had lived quite stifling lives under the Martial Ancestor's suppression.

The Martial Ancestor was too strong and his influence was too huge. Not a single True Lord of Evil Gods at Perfection dared to defy the Martial Ancestor, and they didn't even dare to go too far when discussing him behind his back.

And now, the Void Son had also stepped into the Tenth Stage.

Unlike the Martial Ancestor, the Void Son was at least the leader of all True Lords of Evil Gods. Before the Martial Ancestor had stepped into the Tenth Stage, the numerous True Lords of Evil Gods at Perfection had obeyed the Void Son's commands.

Compared to the Martial Ancestor whose temperament was unknown, the numerous True Lords of Evil Gods at Perfection naturally hoped even more that the Void Son would step into the Tenth Stage.

"Let's go."

"Let's go congratulate the Void Son right now."

"The great Void Son is destined to remain great forever."

All the True Lords of Evil Gods at Perfection immediately hurried over toward the Void Son's location.

A spacious grand hall.

The Void Son sat high upon the throne, while below him were the True Lords of Evil Gods at Perfection one by one.

"The great Void Son, with your entry into the Tenth Stage, your radiance is destined to shroud the Boundless Void, and all life shall submit under your radiance."

The True Lords of Evil Gods at Perfection all congratulated the Void Son with incomparable respect.

The Void Son sat quietly on the throne. He had heard these congratulations and flattery countless times, but after stepping into the Tenth Stage at this moment, listening to them again brought a different feeling.

"The great Void Son, after today, we Evil Gods will no longer need to act while watching that Martial Ancestor's expression."

"Indeed, these past few hundred years, I have truly lived in terror, fearing that I might provoke that Martial Ancestor one day."

"Now it's fine. With the great Void Son here, the Martial Ancestor won't dare to go too far either."

The True Lords of Evil Gods at Perfection soon mentioned that Martial Ancestor. This was also inevitable; before the Void Son broke through to the Tenth Stage, the Martial Ancestor was the Dominator of the Boundless Void.

Even the Void Son had to live under his thumb.

And now, everything was different.

At least the Boundless Void had gained two Dominators.

"Of course."

The numerous True Lords of Evil Gods at Perfection present did not extravagantly expect that the Void Son would really fall out completely with the Martial Ancestor for their sake.

That was unrealistic.

But at least he could act as their solid backing.

This would make that Martial Ancestor feel some misgivings and elevate the status of the True Lords of Evil Gods at Perfection.

"Rest assured." Hearing this, a trace of confidence surfaced on the Void Son's face. "Since I have stepped into the Tenth Stage, I certainly won't let you suffer any grievances in the future."

The Void Son had not yet finished speaking.

The space-time in all directions silently fell into a dead silence.

This silence was an absolute, thorough silence. Even an Evil God of the Tenth Stage like the Void Son was unable to sense any space-time fluctuations, as if he had returned to the Ninth Stage—no, to the most feeble First Stage.

Swoosh.

A figure silently appeared. His entire body was ordinary, with no aura emanating at all. Yet in this completely silent space-time environment, he appeared entirely out of place, as if all of space-time was trampled beneath his feet.

This figure was precisely Lin Yuan.

Merely by appearing, he made space-time fall silent. The Void Son, whose aura was originally like an ocean, was now like a toothless tiger; even sitting there was extremely difficult, with cold sweat breaking out.

"Martial… Martial Ancestor…"

The Void Son looked up and gazed at the Martial Ancestor standing tall in the high sky. How could he not know at this moment that the changes around him all originated from the Martial Ancestor? He had originally thought that after stepping into the Tenth Stage, he would have the ability to stand shoulder to shoulder with the Martial Ancestor.

But looking at it now, it was simply a joke.

The Martial Ancestor didn't even need to strike, and he was already almost unable to hold on. Was this what they called being able to stand shoulder to shoulder?

"I saw that you stepped into the Tenth Stage." Lin Yuan lowered his head and looked down at the Void Son, saying in a calm tone, "So I came over, intending to congratulate you."

"Thank you, Martial Ancestor."

"Troubling the Martial Ancestor."

The Void Son squeezed out a smile and said respectfully.

The numerous True Lords of Evil Gods at Perfection below likewise sensed the completely silent space-time.

However, compared to the changes in space-time, the dialogue and postures between the Void Son and the Martial Ancestor at this moment made all the True Lords of Evil Gods at Perfection tremble with fear in their minds.

It was like plunging into an ice cellar.